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Anatomy-Hormones
Glands and Hormones
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
02/23/2010

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Term
hypothalamus
Definition
releasing or inhibiting
Term
pituitary
Definition
anterior: growth hormone, prolactin, thyroid stimulating hormone, adrenocorthoscopic hormone, guanadotrophins

posterior: oxytocin, antiduretic hormone
Term
pineal
Definition
melatonin
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thyroid
Definition
t3, t4, calcitonin (lower Ca in blood)
Term
parathyroid
Definition
parathyroid hormone (raises Ca level in blood)
Term
thymus
Definition
thymosin, thymopoietin
Term
adrenal
Definition
zona glomerulosa (aldosterone)
zona fasciculata (cortisol)
zona reticularis (sex hormones)
Term
adrenal medulla
Definition
epinephrine/adrenaline, and norepinephrine/non-adrenal
Term
pancreas
Definition
insulin, glucagon, somatostatin
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testies
Definition
testosterone
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ovaries
Definition
estrogen, progesterone
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